Episode 623 – Buckingham LIVE

This week Damon features recording from old live concerts on the Wurlitzer in Buckingham Town Hall.

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Music Played

In The MoodFlorance De Jong, Ena Baga & Ralph ManchesterTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1972
Copenhagen You’ve Stolen My HeartBobby PaganTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1972
Pink Lady WaltzRobin RichmondTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1972
Ain’t She Sweet/Dina/Sheik Of ArabyBasil Cuthbert & Ralph ManchesterTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1972
Side By Side/Leaning On A Lampost/Edelweiss/Nellie Dean/The Happy Wanderer/Wish Me Luck/Pack Up Your TroublesDouglas ReeveTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1974

Episode 622 – London Amble

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes an able around old London town.

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Music Played

Chelsea BridgeLarry VannucciMarin Pizza Pub, San Rafael

3/13 Robert Morton
WR51691978
Knightsbridge (March)Richard HillsGuildhall, Southampton, England

4/50 Compton
2011
Punch [Puppets Suite]Bryan RodwellGranada Cinema, Clapham Junction

3/8 Wurlitzer
Shallow WatersDavid ShepherdRegent Street

2/8 Wurlitzer
COS 1201991
Westminster WaltzNigel OgdenFree Trade Hall, Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer
OS 2251996
London by Night/A nightingale sang in Berkeley SquareRobert WolfeSouthbank University, London

4/24 Wurlitzer
Dancing On The CeilingDonald MacKenzieOdeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London

5/17 Compton
Sterndale1998
A Foggy Day in London TownGeorge WrightFox Theatre San Francisco

4/36 Wurlitzer
HIFI R-7081956

Episode 621 – Old Timers

This week Damon features some old times, some of who we don’t hear from that often.

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Music Played

Thats A-PlentyArnold LoxamKitchen Bros Garage Diss

3/19 Wurlitzer
Kitchen Bros (KC3)1976
My Silent Love/There I’ve Said It Again/AloneArmsbee BancroftTown Hall Burton-on-Trent

3/8 Wurlitzer
Compton Lodge Cassette CLC 85141985
Poupee ValsanteDoreen ChadwickGaumont Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer
Amberlee Records Ltd
(AML 304X)
1972
Midnight TangoWatson HolmesOpera House, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Deroy Records (Deroy 886)1973
Hot ToddyKen Stroudex. Servicemen’s Club, Stotfold,

3/12 Christie
CL Records & Tapes
(CLC 8624)
Be My LoveHubert SelbyThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1977
Robin’s NestRobin RichmondGaumont Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer
Acorn Records (CF 265)1974
A Man And A WomanRobinson CleaverGranada, Tooting London

4/14 Wurlitzer
Crystal (CRY 3011)1972
When I Fall In Love/A White Sports Coat/I’d Give You The World/Yes Tonight Josephine/I Do Like To Be Beside The SeasideReginald DixonOpera House, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
TOENC Archive1957

Episode 620 – From The Archive: Harold Smart

This weeks show is from the archive and features Harold Smart at the BBC Möller Theatre Organ.

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Music Played

1. Sig Tune: Let Yourself Go
2. The Girl I Left In Rome
3. Shortnin’ Bread
4. True Love
5. Yodellin’ Rag
6. That’s Right
7. The Baffi
8. Pink Champagne
9. Regimental Rock
10. Whistling Kettle
11. The Drawl
12. “No Business Like Showbusiness” Selection
13. Sig Tune: Let Yourself Go

All tracks played on the 5/27 Möller in the BBC Jubilee Chapel, Hoxton, broadcast 23rd February 1957. Recordings from the Nigel Ogden Archive.

Episode 619 – ABc

This week John Leeming has look through some of his LP’s.

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Music Played

In Old Lisbon (Lisbon Antigua)/Petticoats of PortugalDamon CoxStudio Standaart, Byfleet

2/9 Standaart-plus
The Organist Encores (TOENC002)2025
Harbour LightsDavid AndrewsJoe Kearns Residence, California

3/18 Wurlitzer
London Records (HA-B2063)1956
When Yuba Plays the TubaDon BakerParamount Theatre, New York

4/36 Wurlitzer
Columbia Records (Harmony HL7021)1950s
For YouErnest BroadbentTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Columbia Records (SCX6410)1970
Just You, Just MeDan BellomyOrgan Grinder Restaurant, Portland OR

4/44 Wurlitzer
Dan Bellomy Records (BP101)c1983
Oh What a Beautiful Morning / The Surrey with the Fringe on TopBert BuhrmanParamount Organ Works, Bolton

4/19 Compton
Deroy Records (Deroy 1027)1974
The Atchison, Topek and the Santa FeCharlie BaloghRoaring 20s Restaurant, Grand Rapids

4/42 Wurlitzer
Ronson Records (RT103)c1980
If I Had YouJackie BrownGranada Theatre, Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer
Deroy Records (Deroy 1326)1976
The Wedding of the Painted DollLeon BerryResidence, Chicago

2/6 Wurlitzer
Audio Fidelity Records (AFSD5845)c1958
April in PortugalDamon CoxStudio Standaart, Byfleet

2/9 Standaart-plus
The Organist Encores (TOENC002)2025

Episode 618 – Memories & Music

This week Damon features interviews and music from Stanley Wyllie and Dudley Savage.

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Music Played

Sway/Little Things Mean A Lot/???/I Get So LonelyStanley WyllieRitz Belfast

4c/10 Compton
TOEnc Archive1954
Sandpaper Ballet/Crimond/Every Hour/CherokeeDudley SavageRoyal/ABC Plymouth

3/8 Compton
Perfect Partner Records (PP001CD)2008

Episode 617 – King Cole

This week Robert Hope-Jones features music associated with Nat King Cole.

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Music Played

Straighten Up and Fly RightEarl GrantHammond OrganDecca (DL 12058)1968
Lush LifeGeorge WrightAvenue Theatre, San Francisco

3/14? Wurlitzer
Private1968
Our Love is Here to StayDudley SavageABC Cinema Plymouth

3/8 Compton + Melotone
BBC
To the Ends of the EarthKeith BeckinghamTown Hall Clydebank

3/13 Wurlitzer
COCD1022004
Almost Like Being In LoveClark WilsonCentury II Convention Center, Wichita

4/37 Wurlitzer
1666
StardustSydney TorchGaumont State, Kilburn

4/16 Wurlitzer
DECCA (SPA 195)1972
Thou SwellStephen VincentYamaha/Paramount VTPOPrivate1666
Mona LisaLynn LarsenPlummer Auditorium

4/37 Wurlitzer
Route 66Jim RiggsYe Olde Pizza Joynt, California

3/13 Wurlitzer

Episode 616 – 2-5 Special

This week Damon features two Midland Console broadcasts featuring two contrasting 2/5 instruments.

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Music Played

a) The Centipede
b) Serenade To A Beautiful Day
c) Fun And Frolic
d) By The Sleepy Lagoon
e) Autumn Concerto
Sydney GustardRegent Leamington Spa

2/5 Compton
TOEnc Archive1959
a) The Happy Waltz
b) Lonely Ballerina
c) When I Fall In Love
d) The Waltzing Yodeler (Hammett)
e) The Whistling Boy
Vic HammettStanford Hall, Loughborough

2/5 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive1960

Episode 615 – Happy April

This week John Leeming has his usual light and fun April show.

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Music Played

A Fine New BabyRobin RichmondHammond organPrivate recording (Robin Richmond)1959
Exodus themeReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recordingc1961
Lady of SpainWinifreaRiviera Theatre, North Tonawanda

3/16 Wurlitzer
Custom Audio (CA 76829)1977
Song of Home (signature tune)Gerald ShawRegal Theatre, Marble Arch

4/36 Christie
Private recording1956
Birth of the BluesBarry BakerHedback Theatre, Indianapolis

2/11 Page/Wurlitzer
Private recording1990
Sailor’s HopTerance CaseyTrocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle

4/21 Wurlitzer
Private recording1950s
Surrey with the Fringe on Top / Hello Young LoversArmsbee BancroftCecil Cinema, Hull

3/15 Marshall-Sykes
Private recording (John Greenwood)1980
Melody in F (Rubinstein)Gerhard GregorNDR Studio, Hamburg

3/24 Welte
Rondo Records (SA129)c1960
We’ll Meet AgainBert van den BrinkStudio recording
Novachord
YouTube2024
Hot DogDon ThompsonOrgan Grinder Restaurant, San Francisco

3/13 Wurlitzer
Arkay Records (AR6086)1987
Twelfth Street RagBryan RodwellScala Cinema, Rotherham

3/8 Conahcher
Private recording (John Leeming)c1983

Episode 614 – Farewell Mr Blackpool

This weeks show is from the archive and features extracts from Reginald Dixons farewell concert which took place just over 55 years ago.

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Music Played

1. Sig Tune: I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
2. Blaze Away/Ca C’est Paris/Imperial Echoes/The Dambusters
3. Songs From The Shows: Tea For Two/A Wonderful Guy/A Batchelor Gay/I Could Have Danced All Right/Indian Love Call/Goodby-ee/Edelweiss
4. The Dream Of Olwen
5. Lady Of Spain/The Harry Lime Theme/Jealousy/12th Street Rag/Charmaine/Bluebell Polka/Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Finale/I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

All tracks played on the 3/14 Wurlitzer in the Tower Ballroom Ballroom, Blackpool, broadcast 2nd April 1970.

Recordings from the Damon Cox.